One intervention scales: giving money, i.e. the power to choose. A HIV test may not be as important right now as getting that rotten tooth pulled, or getting c

One intervention scales: giving money, i.e. the power to choose. A HIV test may not be as important right now as getting that rotten tooth pulled, or getting clothes for a child so she can attend school, or getting food, or fixing the water pump or replacing the mosquito net. Every person is in their own situation and doing anything other than empowering them is paternalistic.